# Alfons Sampsted

Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL League One club Birmingham City, on loan from Eredivisie club Twente, and for the Iceland national team.

## Club career

Alfons started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur in 2015, playing a single cup game, before going on loan to Þór from Akureyri for the latter half of the season. In 2016, he played most of Breiðablik's games as they finished 6th in the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.
In January 2017, he was transferred to Swedish club IFK Norrköping. He spent three seasons there without ever cementing his place, spending time on loan at IF Sylvia and Landskrona BoIS in Sweden and Breiðablik in Iceland.
In February 2020, he joined Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and was a key player in the 2020 season as the club won their first national title. There, he replaced former right back player Erlend Reitan who was on loan from Rosenborg.
On 27 December 2022, he joined Dutch club FC Twente.
He joined English League One (third-tier) club Birmingham City on 12 August 2024 on loan for the season. The deal included an option to purchase. He made "a solid, no nonsense debut" the next day as a second-half substitute in Birmingham's 1–0 EFL Cup win away to Charlton Athletic.

## International career

Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 15 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Breiðablik | 2015 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Breiðablik | 2016 | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Breiðablik | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 |
| Þór Akureyri (loan) | 2015 | 1. deild | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| Norrköping | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Norrköping | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Norrköping | Total | Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 |
| Landskrona (loan) | 2018 | Superettan | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 |
| Sylvia (loan) | 2019 | Ettan | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 |
| Breiðablik (loan) | 2019 | Úrvalsdeild | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2020 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2021 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 1 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2022 | Eliteserien | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | — | — | 56 | 3 |
| Bodø/Glimt | Total | Total | 88 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 2 | — | — | 134 | 4 |
| Twente | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 |
| Twente | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 1 |
| Twente | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Twente | Total | Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 44 | 1 |
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2024–25 | League One | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 201 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 267 | 8 |
* ↑ Includes Icelandic Cup, Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup
* ↑ Includes EFL Cup
* 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve in UEFA Conference League
* ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
* ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

### International

    As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Iceland | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 23 | 0 |

## Honours

Bodø/Glimt
* Eliteserien: 2020, 2021